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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 31, 1791
Page
2
Mr Latewhe moved to condemn excessive spirit use as injurious to health morals and industry of the lower class. Grattan and Major Hasart seconded. Grattan argued against revenue sacrificed by harming population and suggested lotteries as alternative. Motion unanimously agreed. adjourned.
Thursday January 27 the Attorney General presented a bill for murder penalties including a possible death sentence with a judge's discretionary respite. The debate touched on whether new duties would be added and the connection to colonial trade as ministers discussed convention topics and possible sugar duties. The house adjourned for the next day.
The House of Lords met and, after prayers, the Lord Chancellor moved to adjourn to eleven o'clock the next day. The Lord Chancellor, with the Arch bishop of Canterbury and bishops, then went to Westminster Abbey for a sermon on the Martyrdom of King Charles by Dr Noble. The sermon cited First Peter chapter two verse sixteen.
On Tuesday February 1 Lord Dartmouth and two peers took oaths. The House moved to thank Doctor Cleaver for his sermon preached before the House at Westminster Abbey on January 31 and ordered the sermon printed for their use. Several petitions were received and laid on the table before adjourning to Thursday next.
London items recount noon arrivals from Windsor to Buckingham House and private talks at Court. Letters from Portugal and Trentanpe reach offices as Board of Ordnance and Appirantty meet. Reports flag peace talks, military moves, theatre news, and a deer hunt near Rickmansworth. Local thanks to donors for Ox and beer, with election-era generosity noted.
January 26 reports misinformed claims of the La Chapelle mayor’s death during rioting. A ring alarm, a shelter cart, and provocations by chaffeurs, grenadiers, and national guards signal a planned clash. Citizens, including women, form factions. monarchical and constitutional groups mobilize as authorities warn of severe consequences. A Paris petitition seeks to stop English imports. posters urge revolutionary labor assemblies. a “Death or Liberty” motto spreads among partisans.
Reported in France that an attempted Counter-Revolution plan was planned for today but failed. An insurrection at village de la Champelle near Fauxbourgh St Denis saw clashes between smugglers and Revenue officers with Cheféurs des Barrieres. Forty killed or wounded on both sides. Paris volunteers moved to Barriere to end the fight. robbers seized last night with stolen goods.
The National Assembly on January 23 passed four decrees regarding juries and resumed discussion on the oath for witnesses. A translation issue is noted in the oath wording as used in Brelith Courts of Justice.
Deputy for Bourdeaux complains the succours for the French Colonies were not expedited and reads a constituent petition urging haste. The January 24 report notes pressure to order ships at the first opportunity.
In a tense session the assembly faced cries for immediate action to aid the struggling colonies amid Civil unrest and near ruin at Martinique. Debates over aid and imports follow, with reform of duties including a notable reduction on coal taxes and new levies on silks oils and liqueurs.
January 25 session reports a motion to send troops to Chinon to uphold royal law. A letter announces JZ de Letart will head the interior department replacing pro tempore M. de Azonmorin. Berzave accuses Monarchical Club members of perfidy, calls for bishops' election, and sparks a tumult with threats and insults lasting half an hour.
The Countess o Arrois will lodge in the Palace of her father the King of Sardinia while her children stay at the Academy during the Countess absence. A broad view of European unrest follows with tensions between Vienna and Berlin and a growing risk of wider disputes.
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